The James Webb Space Telescope is forcing cosmologists to redraw the schedule of the early cosmos. Structures that were ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes the Universe, may have had a far more dramatic beginning than scientists once believed.

WUWM astronomy contributor Jean Creighton discusses cosmology ahead of "Birth of the Universe" at UWM's Manfred Olson ...

The Big Bang's early moments were crucial for nucleosynthesis, leading to the formation of light elements and influencing the universe's structure.

For decades, the Big Bang has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin—but not everyone agrees it tells the full story. Some scientists argue the universe may be eternal, with no true ...

Findings from a new study into the cosmic "afterglow" may rewrite the history of the universe, according to researchers. This afterglow—the "cosmic microwave background" (CMB), the relic radiation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forget one Big Bang — try many. A bold new theory pokes holes in the popular origin story, suggesting the universe evolves through ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it. The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a ...

Nobel Prize winners for physics Arno Penzias (left) and Robert W. Wilson stand in front of their microwave radio antenna at Holmdel Bell Labs in New Jersey on Oct. 18, 1978. They won for studies in ...

The standard model of cosmology may be the best explanation we’ve got for why the universe is the way it is and how it all came to be. But it’s not the only explanation. Enter black hole cosmology. It ...